Art is endless like a river flowing, passing, yet remaining. ✨ Jorge L…

Jorge Luis Borges
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Art is endless like a river flowing, passing, yet remaining. ✨ Jorge Luis Borges, Anthony Kerrigan (1968). A Personal Anthology, p.199, Grove Press
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Art is endless like a river flowing, passing, yet remaining. ✨ Jorge Luis Borges, Anthony Kerrigan (1968). A Personal Anthology, p.199, Grove Press

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